Beware of Hurricane Florence Relief Scams
Summary: KrebsOnSecurity monitored dozens of new domain registrations containing "hurricane" and/or "florence" plus a support term, several of which began directing visitors to donate through private PayPal accounts with no information about who runs the sites. hurricaneflorencerelieffund-dot-com, registered anonymously via GoDaddy on Sept. 13, 2018, shares a landing page and the same anonymous PayPal address with at least four other Florence donation sites, and all the domains mentioned were reported to the Justice Department's National Center for Disaster Fraud.
Key Takeaway: One anonymous PayPal address sits behind at least five Florence relief domains, and the site claiming "80% of all donations go directly to FIRST RESPONDERS" offers no way to verify that figure - so a donation made in good faith can route to an entity no one can identify.
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